Everybody Hates Facebook

The Internet RevolutionI already explained what happened to newspapers when distribution erased local newspapers moats in the blink of an eye; as I suggested at the beginning, though, this was not an isolated incident but a sign of what was to come. Back in July I laid out how the acquisition of Dollar Shaving Club suggested the same process was ha... See more

As Facebook evolved, adding comments, the newsfeed, the like button and then emoji reactions, Facebook intentionally pushed to increase the “write” side of the ratio in its base interaction model, but it was and always will be pushing against a rope. The atomic unit of content is predominately skewed towards an individual sharing something from the... See more

So I think Facebook runs into the challenge of, "Okay, we're trying to shift people into stories, we're trying to shift people into the marketplace, we're trying to get people to use messenger and build this WeChat-like ecosystem within our messaging product. But our Feed makes so much money, it's on autopilot right now, so how do we make that tran... See more